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Farbstrom

Farbstrom is a private, ultra low-latency streaming platform for color-grading review sessions. A presenter broadcasts a feed (from OBS or a hardware encoder); invited viewers watch in near-real-time and join an optional voice/video conference, with chat, a shared pointer, and per-session file sharing.

The two interfaces

Farbstrom has two web interfaces:

  • Admin — where you create and manage rooms, stream keys, shared files, branding, and account settings, and watch live host/stream metrics. See the Admin guide.
  • Viewer — what participants open from a room link to join a session: watch the stream, turn on camera/mic, chat, and share their screen. See the Viewer guide.

How a session works

  1. An admin creates a room and assigns it a stream key.
  2. The presenter points their encoder (OBS / hardware) at the stream key and goes live.
  3. The admin shares the room link with viewers (and a separate presenter link for hosts).
  4. Viewers join, optionally wait to be admitted, then watch and participate.
  5. The admin can moderate — admit, mute, or remove participants — and end the room.

Where to next

Farbstrom is licensed under AGPL-3.0.